Korea - School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index (GPI)

School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index (GPI) in Korea was 0.817 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 48 years was 0.817 in 2019, while its lowest value was 0.311 in 1980.

Definition: Gender parity index for gross enrollment ratio in tertiary education is the ratio of women to men enrolled at tertiary level in public and private schools.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1971 0.348
1972 0.355
1973 0.373
1974 0.384
1975 0.395
1976 0.361
1977 0.352
1978 0.334
1979 0.322
1980 0.311
1982 0.359
1983 0.370
1984 0.410
1985 0.472
1986 0.444
1987 0.443
1988 0.443
1989 0.452
1990 0.470
1991 0.489
1992 0.516
1993 0.579
1994 0.562
1995 0.572
1996 0.574
1997 0.637
1998 0.569
1999 0.572
2000 0.584
2001 0.594
2002 0.606
2003 0.613
2004 0.626
2005 0.640
2006 0.662
2007 0.686
2008 0.708
2009 0.726
2010 0.744
2011 0.751
2012 0.757
2013 0.764
2014 0.771
2015 0.778
2016 0.786
2017 0.791
2018 0.803
2019 0.817

Development Relevance: The Gender Parity Index (GPI) indicates parity between girls and boys. A GPI of less than 1 suggests girls are more disadvantaged than boys in learning opportunities and a GPI of greater than 1 suggests the other way around. Eliminating gender disparities in education would help increase the status and capabilities of women.

Other Notes: Data retrieved via API in March 2019. For detailed information on the observation level (e.g. National Estimation, UIS Estimation, or Category not applicable), please visit UIS.Stat (http://data.uis.unesco.org/).

Statistical Concept and Methodology: This indicator is calculated by dividing female gross enrollment ratio in tertiary education by male gross enrollment ratio in tertiary education. Data on education are collected by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics from official responses to its annual education survey. All the data are mapped to the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) to ensure the comparability of education programs at the international level. The current version was formally adopted by UNESCO Member States in 2011. The reference years reflect the school year for which the data are presented. In some countries the school year spans two calendar years (for example, from September 2010 to June 2011); in these cases the reference year refers to the year in which the school year ended (2011 in the example).

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Participation